Internet Explorer TV-Style Navigation Application Development (Windows CE 5.0)
The TV-Style Navigation functionality in Windows CE gives users a way to navigate through Web pages on devices that have a limited display size and a 5-key navigational system — for example, a television set and a remote control with a "one-thumb" control. If a custom OS design includes this functionality, the browser UI includes one or more of the navigational aids shown in the following table.
| Navigation aid | Description |
|---|---|
| Customizable Font Range | Enables custom mapping of HTML and CSS font sizes to your own font sizes. By default, the font sizes are set between 14 and 40 points. |
| Directional Tabbing | Enables a spatial navigation system that is based on the location of selectable objects relative to each other, rather than on the HTML design of the page. In addition, the browser displays a rectangular frame around the selectable element that currently has focus. |
| Disable Vertical Scroll Bar | Disables vertical scroll bars. Vertical scroll bar events are available, and applications that host the browser can provide a scroll indicator user interface element to replace the scroll bars. |
| Fixed-Width Layout | Reformats Web pages on the client to eliminate horizontal scrolling. Horizontal scrolling is eliminated by removing white space between objects or within columns on tables and by compressing images. Multiple scrolling areas (frames) are reformatted to fit the fixed widths of the individual scrolling objects. |
These UI changes are implemented through default registry settings on the device. For more information see Internet Explorer TV-Style Navigation Registry Settings.
In This Section
- About the ActiveX Navigation Control
Provides information about the navigation control and the browser that adds and manages TV-style navigation. - Creating the Navigation Control
Contains information about how to create the ActiveX control that adds TV-style navigation to your Internet Explorer browser - Creating the Browser Control
Provides information about how to create a Browser Control that manages TV-style navigation in conjunction with navigation control. - Customizing the Focus Rectangle
Describes the focus rectangle and provides information about the registry settings that you must configure to modify the rectangle.
Related Sections
- Internet Explorer TV-Style Navigation
Provides links to topics that contain information about TV-Style Navigation support in Microsoft Windows CE. - Internet Explorer TV-Style Navigation OS Design Development
Provides information about the modules and components of the TV-Style Navigation functionality and the Sysgen variables that enable this functionality.
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